Because
of the time taken to download pictures we have now decided to open a second
Johnstown scrapbook. Your pictures of Johnstown events, people, or places
are welcomed for inclusion in this publication.

Picture Bill Evans 1999.

DANIEL SAYS HELLO TO JOHNSTOWN.

Daniel
Marc Broadbent aged 12 months wishes to say hello to all you nice people of
Johnstown.

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Picture Leon Broadbent 1999.

THE STIWT RHOS.

Although not in the village of Johnstown this picture of the Miners
Institute at Rhos, which featured the Palace Cinema, will hold many nostalgic
memories of their visits in their courting days to see movies at this fine
building. In the 1930s and early 1940s the admission prices were 2d downstairs
and 3d upstairs (balcony). How many viewers remember the double courting
seats in the balcony.

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MORETON DOMINO CHAMPIONS.

This picture shows the dominoes team
members of the Moreton Inn, Johnstown, who were the winners in the area finals
of the Associated Leisure area dominoes competition. Receiving the cup is
Jimmy Griffiths,team captain. Also seen in the picture are - BACK ROW
FROM LEFT. Emrys Jones, Ellis Jones, Doug Russell, Alun Evans, Gareth
Hughes, Raymond Green, Bryan Bennett. MIDDLE ROW FROM
LEFT. Wilfred Jones, Pat Roberts, Eddie Evans FRONT
ROW. Peter Allmand, Jimmy Griffiths (captain), Gilbert Hunt (Associated
Leisure), George Evans, Clive Jones.

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1940s - CROSVILLE FOOTBALL TEAM.

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1948/1949 CROSVILLE SOCIAL TICKET.

The
above ticket for the members of the Crosville Johnstown Depot Social and
Welfare Club for the first annual supper and social evening which was held at
the Miners Institute Rhos.

Although it was called Rhos Cricket Club
most of the members were Johnstown men who lived in the village.
The cricket ground was on a field behind where the yellow steel houses in
Moreton Avenue near to the Moreton Inn at Johnstown.
BACK ROW FROM LEFT - Charlie Price, Fred Gittens, Noel Jones, unknown,
Makin Johnson, unknown, Fred Aspinall, Noah Potts (umpire), Rev. Jenkins Jones,
unknown, FRONT ROW FROM LEFT - unknown, Sid Fisher, unknown,
Herbert Pritchard, unknown, unknown.

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1912 - GEORGE DAVIES' BUTCHER'S SHOP.

The picture above is one of George
Davies' butchers shop. This shop stands on the main road at the top of Bangor
Road opposite Jerusalem Chapel. After trading as a butcher's shop it
became a fish and chip shop which was run by Nell Lloyd and afterwards became
Lil's Haberdashery and garment alterations shop. The shop has now been
converted into a dwelling house. Seen in his butcher's apron is George
Davies the proprietor and the lady in the doorway is his wife who is holding
the hand of their son Wynn Davies aged two. The other man in the picture
is unknown. Wynn Davies in 1945 became the manager of the Johnstown Co-op
shop by the Grapes at the bottom of Gutter Hill. He married a village
girl Olive Broadbent and they had one daughter Heather.

Picture Leon Broadbent 1999.

DAI ROGERS' COBBLER'S SHOP.

The picture above is Dai Rogers'
cobbler's shop which was opened about 1934. After Dai Rogers passed away
the business was carried on by his son Harold. Before becoming a cobblers
shop it was a barber's shop. There were more than one barber's shops in
most villages due to the fact that before the growth in safety razors and electric
shavers most men went to visit the barbers shop for a shave especially on a
Saturday night ready for church or chapel on a Sunday morning. Many men
grew beards in the early days of the twentieth century.

The Spar Shop which became a convenience store in the 1990s which
supplied Johnstown residents with everyday items such as groceries and
newspapers. Before becoming a Spar Shop it was the Manweb Electricity
showroom for a number of years where you could pay your electricity bill and
purchase items of electrical equipment such as cookers, refrigerators,
telivision sets etc. Before it was the MANWEB Showroom it was The
Market Shop (The Enterprise) where the people of the village purchased most of
their daily food requirements. They had a small bakery in the back yard
where they baked bread which was delivered door to door in Johnstown and other
surrounding villages. They also sold oats for horses and corn for
chickens in the 1920s. Most transport was by horse and cart and many
people kept chickens in the back yard. Note the many motor cars parked in
Merlin Street and the variety of car colours. A far cry from the days
when a motor car was a rare curiosity item on the Streets of Johnstown in the
earlier part of the 20th century. In 1900 there were less than one
million motor cars on the roads of Great Britain compared with over 24 million
in 1999.

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CHRIST'S CHURCH JOHNSTOWN 1990.

Christ's Church (chapel) was built in
1890 in the centre of Johnstown opposite Johnstown Shell Garage. It was
originally Congregational by denomination but in later years it came under the
banner of the United Reformed Church. It was built in the year 1890 and
was sadly demolished in the year 1990. Seen here regretfully in the throes
of demolition with its roof tiles in the stage of being dismantled.
It stood majestically for one hundred years on the corner of Merlin Street and
High Street and was a subconcious symbol of God's presence in our everyday
midst.

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ST. MARY'S CHURCH FOOTBALL TEAM c. 1920.

The only two players recognised in
this photograph of St. Mary's Church football team are Harry Roberts (back row
third from left) and Makin Johnson (back row fifth from left). The vicar
standing back row is probably the Rev. John Howell Thomas or the Rev. Jenkin
Jones. Other people in this photograph are unknown.